Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for creditor. Search instead for coedito.
Definitions

creditor

[kred-i-ter] / ˈkrɛd ɪ tər /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Security researcher Collin Koh said that China -- Laos's largest creditor -- was "trying to showcase that it is able to extend itself in defence diplomacy", at least with "amenable countries".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

A promise to pay money is only as good as the fidelity of the debtor and the integrity of the currency in which the creditor is paid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The GLA said that, as is standard practice in insolvency law, it had informed the administrators of the government's interest as a potential creditor.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

China remains Zambia's largest bilateral creditor, with about US$4.5 billion owed to Chinese lenders, equivalent to roughly 15 percent of total public and publicly guaranteed debt, according to the IMF.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

I didn’t want Rufus having to face some creditor that I had angered with my twentieth-century brevity—which could come across as nineteenth-century abruptness, even discourtesy.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

Thames Water, the UK's biggest water company, owes roughly £20bn to lenders and has been working with creditors and government officials to prevent collapse.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Last year, Optimum sued the creditors, accusing them of violating antitrust laws by illegally coordinating to fix debt prices and blocking it from doing the debt financing transactions it wanted to do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Its Anthropic shares were sold to help repay creditors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Any payments to creditors - people or companies they owe money - are put on hold while proposals to restructure the business are drawn up.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Chamberlin told Holmes that all together he owed the creditors at least $50,000.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




Vocabulary lists containing creditor


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training